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2018 is off to a cracking start, as MetService warns thunderstorms could become severe in the North Island and the country may experience higher-than-normal tides. Have you been affected by the wild weather? Send your news, photos and video to newstips@stuff.co.nz A severe thunderstorm watch for much of the North Island was issued on Tuesday, with MetService expecting heavy rainfall to be accompanied flash flooding, surface...

ROOKIE Rob Cross faces 16-time world champ Phil Taylor in what stands to be a thrilling final to the PDC World Championship. The 27-year-old Cross only turned pro at the start of the year. Taylor, 57,...

Monday Jan 01, 2018 The goals of Carlo Costly (white jersey) were key to Olimpia's run to the 2017 Scotiabank CONCACAF League title. CONCACAF.com is taking a look back at the most interesting items from throughout the Confederation over the previous 12 months. CONCACAF 2017: FIVE OF THE BEST CONCACAF LEAGUE PLAYER PERFORMANCES #1: Carlo Costly, OLIMPIA; home v Alianza (Quarterfinals, Second Leg) August 24, 2017 -- Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino/Tegucigalpa, Honduras Carlo Costly's two goals gave Olimpia a 3-1 over visiting Alianza in the quarterfinal, second-leg encounter, sending the Leones into the semifinals, 3-2 on aggregate. The host...

Protests across Iran saw their most violent night as "armed protesters" tried to overrun military bases and police stations before security forces repelled them, killing 10 demonstrators, according to Iranian state television. ......

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on recreational marijuana sales in California (all times local): 1:10 p.m. The manager of a cannabis dispensary in Sacramento says crowds are good for the first day of legal sales of recreational pot in California, but not as big as for stoner-favorite holidays like 4/20. Shayna Schonauer, the regional manager of the RCP Sacramento dispensary, says Monday's crowds meet her expectations. She says the pace Monday was not super-overwhelming. The dispensary, in a warehouse-style building, saw a range of customers from regular medical users, to recreational smokers who buy on the black market, to those who had limited familiarity with marijuana, Schonauer said. A law...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Investigators are trying to determine what caused a charter aircraft to crash in woods in the Costa Rica’s northwest soon after takeoff, killing two crew members and 10 U.S. citizens, including families from New York and Florida. The families from the New York City suburb of Scarsdale and from Belleair, Fla., accounted for nine of the dead and were part of a tour organized by Backroads, a Berkeley firm. Their American guide was the 10th U.S. victim. A family in the suburbs of New York City said five of the dead were relatives on vacation. They identified them as Bruce and Irene Steinberg and their sons Matthew, William and Zachary, all of Scarsdale. ......

BASRA, Iraq — Ali Jayad al-Salhi, a veteran sniper in an Iraqi militia, was killed in fighting with the Islamic State group last year. He then vaulted into legend, virtually becoming a new saint for the Shiite community. Posters of al-Salhi adorn storefronts, homes and car windows in his home city of Basra and other Shiite areas. One bakery even sells cakes with his face. Poems praise his valor and piety. His rifle, with which he’s said to have killed nearly 400 militants, is now in a museum in the holiest Shiite city, Karbala. ......

ACAYUCAN, Mexico — For some, Gumaro Perez was an experienced reporter who got on well with locals and earned the nickname “the red man” for his coverage of bloody crimes in Veracruz, one of Mexico’s deadliest states for journalists and civilians alike. In the eyes of prosecutors, Perez was an alleged drug cartel operative who met a grisly end when he was shot dead Dec. 19 while attending a Christmas party at his 6-year-old son’s school in Acayucan, purportedly by gunmen from a rival gang. ......

JERUSALEM — The ruling Likud Party’s central committee has unanimously endorsed a resolution calling for the annexation of West Bank settlements, sending a tough message to the Palestinians in the wake of President Trump’s recognition of Israel’s capital. The decision Sunday night marked the latest step by Likud to distance itself from the internationally backed idea of establishing an independent Palestinian state as part of a future peace deal. The Palestinians condemned the decision and accused Trump of emboldening the Likud party. The central committee is only an advisory body, and Sunday’s vote did not reflect an official policy change. ......

SEOUL — North Korea’s surprise call on Monday for direct talks with South Korea could drive a wedge into the decades-old alliance between Seoul and Washington, potentially creating a reprieve from months of tensions but also undercutting President Trump’s tough approach to the nuclear-armed North. A New Year’s Day speech by Kim Jong Un, the North Korean leader, contained a dramatic shift in tone and policy regarding the South. After ignoring South Korea for years, Kim called for urgent dialogue to discuss improving ties and easing military tensions on the divided Korean Peninsula, even as he claimed an ability to strike the mainland United States with nuclear missiles. ......

1 Garage fire: An estimated 1,400 cars were destroyed in a huge fire that raged through a seven-story parking garage in the northern English city of Liverpool. The fire next to Echo Arena started Sunday and was brought under control by Monday morning. There were no reported injuries. Officials set up a shelter to help the many people who could not get home because their cars had been burned. Witnesses said vehicles seemed to explode every couple of seconds when the fire was at its peak. They said it appeared to start in the engine of an older vehicle and quickly spread. Nearby apartments were evacuated because of the heavy smoke. ......

People taking part in Coney Island's annual New Year's Day Polar Plunge race across the beach towards the water in New York, on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. Temperatures hovered at about 17 degrees (-8 Celsius) for the annual tradition that ......

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The latest on protests in Iran (all times local): 12:50 a.m. Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency is reporting a gunman has killed one policeman and wounded three other officers during a protest gathering. Without elaboration the late Monday report says the assailant used a hunting rifle to shoot the policeman in the central city of Najafabad, some 320 kilometers (200 miles) south of Iran's capital, Tehran. This is the first report of a police officer being killed during five days of protests and raises the total number of dead to 13. Earlier on Monday,...

The Latest on the College Football Playoff semifinals (all times EST): 5:13 p.m. The Rose Bowl has kicked off, with No. 3 Georgia getting the ball. The first spot in the College Football Playoff championship game will go to either the Bulldogs or second-ranked Oklahoma. ——— 4:53 p.m. With both teams wearing varying shades of red, it is hard to tell Sooners fans from...

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — For all the recent talk about the money Jose Mourinho has — or hasn't — spent at Manchester United, his best player at the moment might be one who cost the club nothing. United prides itself on the blossoming of its youth-team graduates and Jesse Lingard is the latest to flourish on the big stage. Lingard scored his seventh goal in his last nine Premier League games to wrap up United's 2-0 win at Everton on Monday, which ended the team's run of three draws that might have fully knocked it out of title contention. At age 25, the forward is finally establishing himself as a first-team regular at United, proving much more...

Without the ability to pick from a generation of young American stars, USA Hockey is leaning on a longtime NHL winger as captain and hopes a diverse roster can capture an Olympic medal. At the Winter Classic in New York on Monday, the U.S. named veteran Brian Gionta captain as it unveiled its roster for the Pyeongchang Olympics, the first games without NHL players since 1994. There's no Patrick Kane, Johnny Gaudreau, Auston Matthews, Jack Eichel or Jonathan Quick, so the U.S. men's hockey team is made up of Gionta, four college players, three from the American Hockey League and 15 playing in professional leagues across Europe. "We really like our roster," general manager Jim Johannson said....

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jake Bentley threw for 239 yards and two touchdowns Monday to help South Carolina overcome a 16-point second-half deficit to beat Michigan 26-19 in the Outback Bowl. The sophomore tossed scoring passes of 21 yards to Bryan Edwards and 53 yards to Shi Smith, the latter giving the Gamecocks (9-4) a 23-19 lead early in the fourth quarter. Michigan (8-5) finished with its first three-game losing streak under coach Jim Harbaugh. The Wolverines turned the ball over five times, including an end...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans finally making the playoffs left Pro Bowl defensive lineman Jurrell Casey speechless. Well, for a moment anyway. "Thinking amazing. Unbelievably fulfilling," Casey said. "I've been waiting this for seven years, and finally got the opportunity to get out there." Plenty of his Tennessee teammates are experiencing all sorts of emotions after helping end the franchise's playoff drought after eight long seasons. Only 18 of the Titans who helped beat Jacksonville 15-10 in the regular-season finale to clinch the AFC's...

By Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan | Washington Post BUCKEYE, Iowa — “Come on! Come on! Go girls!” Annette Sweeney was on horseback, hollering at her chocolate-colored cows on a perfect Iowa morning, happy that her life is better since Donald Trump became president. Sweeney, 60, raises Angus cows and corn on the flat, green farmland of central Iowa. Just 1 in every 7 Americans live in places like this: Rural counties have 72 percent of the nation’s land but a shrinking population as urban areas have ballooned in size and wealth. In recent years, Sweeney has felt a growing “disconnect” between how people think in cities and in places like Buckeye, a town of...

Actors Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston and powerful TV producer Shonda Rhimes are among hundreds of Hollywood women who have formed an anti-harassment coalition called Time's Up. The initiative was launched Monday...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Protests across Iran saw their most violent night as "armed protesters" tried to overrun military bases and police stations before security forces repelled them, killing 10 people, Iranian state television said Monday. Later in the day, Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency said an assailant using a hunting rifle killed a policeman and wounded three other officers during a demonstration in the central city of Najafabad, about 320 kilometers (200 miles) south of Tehran. It was the first report of a police officer dying during five days of unrest and raised the death toll to at least 13. The demonstrations, the largest to strike Iran since its disputed 2009 presidential...

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